Cite as: 22 CNCA § 456

The bench warrant must, if the offense is a crime, be substantially in the following form:

In Cherokee Nation,

To any sheriff, constable, policeman or marshal in this state:

An information having been filed on the …. day of …., A. D., 20.., in the District Court in and for Cherokee Nation …., charging C.D. with the crime of …., (designating it generally) you are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest the above named C. D., and bring him before the Court (or before the court to which the information may have been removed, naming it) to answer said information; or if the Court have adjourned for the term, that you deliver him into the custody of the Marshal or Sheriff of Cherokee Nation.

Given under my hand, with the seal of said Court affixed this …. day of …., A. D., 20 ….

By order of the Court.

(Seal) E. F., Clerk.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.